Week after week, I have sought to bring to the attention of the Taoiseach and Minister a profound crisis for dozens of families in County Donegal. They are living in defective block homes that are not fit for human habitation. The Taoiseach and Minister must have seen some of the images on social media and on TG4 last night. These houses are not fit for human habitation. I appeal to them to either release the €15,000 to allow these homeowners to find alternative accommodation or allow modular high-quality housing to be built on different sites. It will be a huge problem - Deputy Pringle referred to it - that families will go through the scheme, please God, in the near future, but will not have alternative homes while their houses are being rebuilt. When the Minister meets the chief executive of Donegal County Council, I ask him to come up with some solutions for the dozens of families affected this winter and the hundreds of families that will be affected in the years ahead.

The Deputy has made a very important point. I will meet the chief executive this Friday, when I intend to discuss this matter with him. We are working very co-operatively with Donegal County Council. Certainly, I have seen the images and I have spoken to owners of homes that are in a very poor state of repair. As the Deputy knows, we have already made some changes in respect of the weathering grant in that we brought it forward. I am certain we will be able to front-load some of the expenses where homes are dangerous. I want to do that. I want to get the scheme up and running and homes beginning to be remediated, especially in County Donegal. It is happening in County Mayo. We will bring in regulations before the end of the year to underpin the scheme. I will come back to the Deputy, Deputy Pringle and my colleagues in County Donegal, including the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, following my meeting with the chief executive and his team, which I will have this week.